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2026 floor votes

H.B. 52: Tribal Endorsement of Utah Driver License Amendments

4 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 26, 2026. This bill allows an applicant for a driver license to request a notation on the driver license or identification card indicating that the individual is an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe.

  • Defines terms
  • Allows an applicant to request a notation of "Federally Recognized Tribal Member" on the driver license or identification card indicating that the individual is an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe
  • Instructs the Driver License Division regarding satisfactory proof that an applicant is an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe
  • Prohibits the notation from identifying a specific Indian tribe

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor A. Cory Maloy

Utah House, January 22, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 52
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 73 Nays 0 N/V 2
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (69)

55 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah Senate, February 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · HB 52
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

4 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 52
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah House, February 20, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 52
Result as recorded: Yeas 71 Nays 0 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (68)

54 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.